Women on Ice

MIRIAM BOERI is a professor of sociology. She is the author or coauthor of numerous journal articles and a contributor to Drugs and the American Dream.

• List of Figures and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Methamphetamine: The Perfect Drug for Suburban Women2. Ethnographic Research: Exploring Methamphetamine Use in the Suburbs3. The Gendered Drug Career: Initiation and Progression in Methamphetamine Use4. Gendered Lives: Combining Work and Family with Drug-Using Roles5. Gendered Risks: Health and Infectious Diseases6. Gendered Risks: Violence and Crime7. The Revolving Door: Treatment, Recovery, and Relapse8. Policy ImplicationsAppendix AAppendix BReferencesIndex

"The insights in Miriam Boeri’s compelling page-turner make an eloquent case for implementing social policy that cares for its most vulnerable mothers and children." - Annette Bairan (Professor Emeritus of Nursing, Kennesaw State University) "In Women on Ice, Boeri sets out to study an almost invisible group of women and provides a well-written but gut-wrenching portrait of the America produced by suburbanization, patriarchy, and class division." - David Broad (North Georgia College and State University) "In this unique book, Boeri studies hidden women living in and near suburbs, a group that to date has never been studied as a subgroup of drug users. The many gripping in-depth interviews are captivating and unforgettable, making the book difficult to put down. A very highly recommended must read for anyone looking to hear the clear voices of women who are ensnared by methamphetamine addiction. Essential."(Choice) "This is an extremely difficult book to read-not because it is poorly written, but precisely because it is written so well. The stories of these women are gut-wrenching. What emerges from this candid, engaged, and detailed study is a picture of how a marginalized population is produced by the convergence of [suburbanization, patriarchy, and social class division]." (International Social Science Review)